As Kabul experiences chaos after its fall to the Taliban, the future of Afghanistan’s trade relations with other countries hangs in balance. Its currency, the Afghani, continues to decline and hundreds of goods trucks have been stranded on roads in and around Kabul, Jalalabad, and Mazar-i-Sharif. Fears grow that the Pakistan-Afghanistan Transit Trade (PATT) would be severely hit if the international community refuses to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate government of Afghanistan. In Kabul, confusion and uncertainty forced business owners to shut all commercial activities including the sale of food items, consumer goods and gold and currency exchange, traders associated with PATT.
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